FIRST Dumps BASIC Stamp

nprobert writes: FIRST has dumped
Parallax's BASIC Stamp
2sx for Microchip's PIC
18F8520 to be programmed in C using Microchip's MPLABS IDE and C18 C
compiler. This promises a quantum leap in FIRST robot intelligence and
performance. It also opens the floodgates for students to really
experiment with new control algorithms never possible before with the
BasicStamp.Dijkstra would
certainly approve of the switch away from BASIC. For details on the
hardware, see the FIRST
2004 Robot Controller page.